How to Remove Write-Protection from an OEM USB Drive?

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  1. logicearth
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    It is possible that the drive has no write capability in the hardware itself. It likely to be readonly as that is the purpose of it, recovery.
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  3. jimbo45
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    Hi there

    some of these devices may well be READ ONLY -- I sometimes get some of these from people demo-ing Stock trading software etc.

    In any case USB sticks / micro SD cards etc are cheap enough --why bother with a "difficult one" !!!.

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